Aerospace and transportation highlights to 09:10 GMT

Aerospace and transportation highlights to 09:10 GMT

	Published : Thu, 01 Feb 2007 10:27 By : Agencies Print this Story

2007-02-01 07:57:23

AGF, Vincent Bollore raise stakes in Bollore; AGF now has 6 pct

PARIS (AFX) - French insurer AGF, whose majority shareholder Allianz has

launched a bid for minorities, has raised its stake in investment company

Bollore to just over 6 pct of the capital from less than 5 pct, and to 7.25 pct

of voting rights.

2007-02-01 07:37:49

Danish shares AFX at a glance outlook

COPENHAGEN (AFX) - Danish shares are expected to open slightly higher on

overnight gains on Wall Street after the US Federal Reserve decided to keep its

interest rate at 5.25 pct, dealers said.

2007-02-01 07:14:20

Panalpina, NYK's YAS tie global logistics alliance

BASEL (AFX) - Swiss logistics group Panalpina Welttransport (Holding) AG

announced a global joint-venture with NYK unit Yusen Air & Sear Service (YAS) of

Japan.

2007-02-01 06:56:27

Bucher FY sales beat forecasts driven by Municipal, Hydraulics; hikes guidance

NIEDERWENINGEN, Switzerland (AFX) - Bucher Industries AG reported a 7.1 pct

rise in full year sales to 2.087 bln sfr, up from 1.948 bln, topping average

analyst expectations of 2.040 bln.

2007-02-01 06:14:24

Japan's Suzuki 9 mths to Dec net profit 57.5 bln yen vs 47.9 bln

TOKYO (XFN-ASIA) - Suzuki Motors Corp's nine months to December 2006

results:

Revenue - 2.24 trln yen vs 1.95 trln

Opg profit - 99.0 bln yen vs 85.8 bln

Current profit - 105.8 bln yen vs 89.4 bln

Net profit - 57.5 bln yen vs 47.9 bln

EPS -130.33 yen vs 90.53

Suzuki, Japan's largest mini-vehicle maker, provided the following forecasts

for the year to March 2007, unchanged from the earlier projections:

Revenue - 3.0 trln yen

Opg profit - 124 bln yen

Current profit - 130 bln yen

Net profit - 72 bln yen

2007-02-01 06:13:27

SKorea's Hanjin Shipping 2006 net profit 460.4 bln won vs 482.8 bln

SEOUL (XFN-ASIA) - Hanjin Shipping Co Ltd's year to December 2006

preliminary results:

Sales - 6.05 trln won vs 5.98 trln

Opg profit - 149.1 bln won vs 572.8 bln

Recurring profit - 623.8 bln won vs 602.4 bln

Net profit - 460.4 bln won vs 482.8 bln

The company attributed the sharp decline in operating profit to higher fuel

costs, a drop in freight rates and the won's strength against the dollar.